How to Grow Kids to Be Amazing Adults
Imagine a country where kids actually destress in school (50% are overstressed), their grades soar, and they learn to become capable, caring, amazing adults who build a far safer, more prosperous and emotionally healthier world.
Stop Imagining. Watch the Students Talk video here to “get” what that is already like in various U.S. schools and why this learning should be expanded to help all kids – and be funded not cut in education budgets. It is a BIG DEAL!
EQuip Our Kids! advocates nationally for adopting in schools and homes the learning in emotional intelligence (EQ) and social skills that provenly elevate children to high levels of successful lives and relationships. Among the game-changers taught: managing stress & setbacks; empathy, teamwork, conflict resolution, achieving goals, problem-solving and creative thinking,
Parents…Your kid’s school can be your best partner in teaching these life skills. If your school lost funding, contact your legislators. If it never offered this learning, share our EQ Toolkit with principals & teachers. Also, view our FREE streaming service EQuip Kids+. It teaches these skills by age group with a section for parents.
The Exceptional Upsides of This Learning
Students
- Set goals. take initiative, make good decisions
- Manage difficult emotions, be resilient
- Believe in themselves &, solve problems creatively
Schools
- Far better grades & graduation rates
- Schools soar as safer and happier communities
- Need for disciplinary actions plummets
Society
- More productive workforce
- More mentally healthy people
- Less poverty, crime, and violence
The Two Crucial Skillsets for Personal and Collective Success
How to get along with others superbly.
How to manage our lives most rewardingly and joyfully.
These vital skillsets allow us to thrive emotionally, connect deeply with others, perform at high levels. and make smart and successful decisions in our careers, activities and relationships.
Lack of these skills accounts for almost all human distress – right up to wars, most emotional and much physical pain, our many abuses of each other and addictions (though we often say it’s from lack of character). This is a an enormous truth we all need to come to terms with in order to raise the quality of our personal lives – and of all human life. We need better training.
Personal Life Skills Learning – known mostly to educators as Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and in other schools as Character Development or Whole Child Development – teaches kids to manage emotions, build healthy relationships, and lead fulfilling lives. These skills are proven to prevent dire struggles and to uplift schools, families, workplaces and communities.
Kids learn these skills faster than adults, and parents LOVE the results — happier moods, better grades and behaviors, brighter futures. Decades of research back this.
CHOOSE AN ICON for the way you can easily help get these skills to more kids.
SEL In Action
This learning doesn't discriminate. Parents from all walks of life can see the benefits.
Parents who want the learning that’s explained here need to ask for the full range of these skills to be taught in your children’s schools, and ideally learn and practice them at home.
When kids experience these social & emotional skills & school cultures, it helps them turn hard times into success, fostering caring, high-achieving, high-character individuals.
About Us
EQuip Our Kids! is a national nonprofit project of Earthways Foundation (founded in 1985).
Founded by successful business leaders, we’re on a mission to make SEL life skills universal in schools and homes. Our no-charge advocacy and marketing has already helped raise parent awareness from 5% to 75%, reaching millions of kids.
We also help build and support grassroots organizations with these goals and provide them free media. Join us or donate to us to ensure that children gain the skills to meet their mental and emotional needs. They’ll then create a smarter, much kinder, more prosperous and less dangerous world for themselves and everyone.l
America’s youth need & deserve a significant boost – one that’s smart, enjoyable, and proven effective!
Millions of students (50%) report being badly stressed, according to the U.S Surgeon General. Literacy rates are plummeting. States need to step up now that Covid federal SEL funding is over.
Many children (35%) face mental health challenges resulting from stress, including from social media or pandemic residues. They need support through heart-centered emotional intelligence (EQ) and life management skills.
These skills greatly benefit all students. They promote well-being & joy, reduce harmful behaviors, and aid learning recovery.
Prominent Voices.
"Social-Emotional Learning has the skills that we find make people successful over the long haul."
“Social and emotional learning is good for the child, good for the workforce, and good for society. ”
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